Deep brain stimulation therapy ...
Tourette’s syndrome is a chronic neurobehavioral disorder that can demonstrate refractoriness to conservative treatments, or to invasive nonsurgical ...
Osmotic diuresis paradoxically ...
Objective The purpose of this study was to assess for perioperative factors associated with brain shift following craniotomy for subdural grid elect ...
Microsurgical anatomy of Lilieq ...
Object Liliequist’s membrane (LM) is an important arachnoid structure in the basal cisterns. The relevant anatomic descriptions of this membrane and ...
Easy slip-knot: a new simple ty ...
Background Knot-tying in the deep operative field is very complicated because of the narrow working space during endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery. ...
Evaluation of efficacy and safe ...
Purpose Opioids are used in controlling several types of pain. This study was designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of the fentanyl transderm ...
General anaesthesia for deep br ...
Background This paper compares the use of general and local anaesthetic in patients having deep brain stimulator (DBS) surgery. It is a retrospectiv ...
Radiotherapy-induced supratento ...
We report a case of a 17-year-old female who presented with a CNS primitive neuroectodermal tumour 12 years after cranial radiotherapy for relapsed ...
Working towards patient oriente ...
Objective To date, there is no standard outcome assessment scale for shunt treatment in normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH). In designing such scale ...
Traumatic brain injuries in ill ...
Background The goal of the present study was to analyze the epidemiology and specific risk factors of traumatic brain injury (TBI) in the Asterix il ...
Posttraumatic neuropathy of the ...
The palmar cutaneous branch of the median nerve is highly exposed to trauma at the wrist; nevertheless, very few cases have been reported. We report ...
Primary and metastatic intraaxi ...
Background This study aims to assess the diagnostic value of multivoxel 2D chemical-shift imaging (CSI) proton magnetic resonance (MR) spectroscopy ...
Pain and brachial plexus lesion ...
Background Peripheral nerve lesions usually are associated with neuropathic pain. In the present paper, we describe a simple scale to quantify pain ...
Candida infection of the centra ...
Background Candida infection of the central nervous system (CNS) following neurosurgery is relatively unusual but is associated with significant mor ...
Unique paleopathology in a pre- ...
We describe the multidisciplinary findings in a pre-Columbian mummy head from Southern Peru (Cahuachi, Nazca civilisation, radiocarbon dating betwee ...
Natural history of spheno-orbit ...
Background To investigate the natural history and the growth rate of spheno-orbital meningiomas (SOMs). Methods Ninety patients with a diagnosis of ...
Falcotentorial subdural empyema ...
Object Parafalcine subdural empyema and those along the superior and inferior surface of the tentorium are rare entities. We present a series of 10 ...
Leucine-rich ل-2-glycoprotein i ...
Objective Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunting can improve symptoms of elderly patients' idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH). However, adj ...
Hemangiopericytomas grade II ar ...
Background Hemangiopericytomas (HPs) of the central nervous system are rare tumors and afflicted with a high propensity of recurrences and metastase ...
Surgical site infection associa ...
Purpose To enhance the water tightness of dura mater closure in cranial surgery, an organic glue called BioGlue® was used in our neurosurgical depar ...
Integration of a 3D ultrasound ...
Background Intraoperative ultrasound (iUS) allows the generation of real-time data sets during surgical interventions. The recent innovation of 3D u ...
Effect of recombinant streptoki ...
Background After subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), the formation of subarachnoid clots and their associated resolution may be involved in the developme ...
Solitary fibrous tumors of the ...
Background This is a retrospective study of 11 patients harboring a solitary fibrous tumor (SFT) of the central nervous system (CNS), with special e ...
6-Mercaptopurine reverses exper ...
Introduction Increased endothelin-1 (ET-1) production and diminished nitric oxide synthase (NOS) bioavailability has been observed in aneurysmal sub ...
Surgical treatment of choroid p ...
Purpose The purpose of this study is to evaluate the results of microsurgical treatment for choroid plexus tumors (CPT) in adult patients. Methods ...
Neurenteric cyst of the anterio ...
Intracranial neurenteric cysts are rare congenital lesions that typically occur in the posterior fossa. We report a case of a 70-year-old gentleman ...